Say It Four Times (In Your System Prompt)

(khola.blog)

9 points | by nkhola 11 hours ago ago

13 comments

  • zknill 10 hours ago

    I'm really put of reading ai-isms like "It quits working around the fourth time, and the average hides who it worked for"

    This is classic Claude, and makes me think the author didn't read, edit, or invest in their own words.

    • nateb2022 9 hours ago

      The author's AI applied a thin layer of varnish to what is more or less handwaving. I think more people need to take an undergraduate level statistics course; the conclusions made are completely unsupported by the random trials.

      Weighing six rocks a hundred times doesn't tell you the average weight of a mountain.

      • nkhola 7 hours ago

        Great criticism. I should have examined the numbers and the experimental setup more closely before publishing. The signal is there - repetition does help but the exact quantitative conclusions are erroneous in this post.

        That aside, I like the way it's put - "Weighing six rocks a hundred times doesn't tell you the average weight of a mountain".

  • leecommamichael 10 hours ago

    > and the average hides who it worked for.

    **** off. Can't even get through the ****ing subtitle any longer these days.

  • joaquincabezas 10 hours ago

    Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice… Beetlejuice

    • rzzzt 10 hours ago

      I added this to copilot-instructions.md but it had no effect on the answers.

  • mrwaffle 10 hours ago

    This is hilarious, as someone who has harassed friends for repeating themselves multiple times on nearly every prompt and they swear by that approach. Too funny, too funny, too funny.

  • elikoga 10 hours ago

    It's obviously ai prose but knowing it is good to know I guess

  • jauntywundrkind 8 hours ago

    Say it once but request a prompt to be sure.

  • 3eb7988a1663 10 hours ago

    This is so stupid, I love it. Captures everything about the modern Tech Priest praying to the machine spirit.

  • nnevatie 9 hours ago

    More slop.

  • igravious 10 hours ago

    Now fill the context in batches of 10% and see where its obedience drops off

    • nkhola 7 hours ago

      Great suggestion. This can be a new post. Stay tuned. Much appreciate your time.